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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Nash take Christine after her MRI in her November 14th entry?

2. When Christine finds her journal on the morning of November 15th, it is a crushing blow to learn of what again?

3. What does Dr. Nash ask Christine when he contacts her in Part 1: Today?

4. What day of the week is it on Christine's November 13th entry?

5. What do Ben and Christine see on their way back to the car in Christine's November 10th entry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christine find as her surroundings upon waking in Part 1: Today?

2. What photograph from her past does Dr. Nash show Christine in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 12? What effect does it have?

3. How does the narrative style of the book add to the tension of the narrative?

4. What does Dr. Nash give to Christine in Part 1: Today? What does it contain?

5. Where does Dr. Nash take Christine in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 9?

6. What does Christine do after she suspects she has had a son in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 14?

7. What memory returns to Christine while in the house she once lived in with Dr. Nash in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 12?

8. Who does Christine call to ask about her novel in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 13? What conflicting stories does she hear?

9. What are Dr. Nash's motivations in helping Christine? Are they pure?

10. Where does Christine go with Dr. Nash in Part 1: Today? What does he explain to her about her past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss confabulation and the relationship between Dr. Nash and Christine. What effect does it have on the reader that Christine believes "Ed" may have injured her?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the structural shift in the narrative in Part 3: Today. What is the assumed date of "Today"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the progression of Christine's memory. How reasonable is it to believe that Christine might regain complete memory functioning? Why?

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